Re: UCBerkeley press release about Article 2B

On Fri, July 17, 1998, Dan L. Burk <BURKDANL[_at_]shu.edu>
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> This may be of interest to the list.
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> 7/16/98
> File #14802
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> UC Berkeley experts call for
> immediate hold on proposed legislation
> to regulate information commerce
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> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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> Berkeley - A "dangerously ill-conceived law" to regulate all
> transactions in information is hurtling toward enactment despite the
> enormous legal tangles it will cause, say UC Berkeley experts, who are
> calling for another look at the legislation before it is approved.
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> If the proposed Article 2B of the Uniform Commercial Code "is
> enacted by state legislatures over the next six months, it would be a
> disaster," said Professor Pamela Samuelson of the University of
> California, Berkeley. She said it could affect everything from whether
> book publishers take a cue from software developers and start "shrink
> wrapping" books to restrict sharing to whether Internet robots can make
> legally binding contracts for computer users who unleash them.

If any one from Connecticut wishes to communicate their concerns about Article 2B, the Connecticut Commissioners who will be attending the NCCUSL meeting in Cleveland next week and voting on 2B are:

David Biklen- 860 240 0220
Bill Breetz - 860 570 5384
Roger Morgan - 860 535 3831 fax 860 535 0666 Neil Ossen - 860 728 3831 fax 860 244 2524 Francis Pavetti - 860 442 9408 fax 860 443 0264 Bob Whitman - 860 570 5250 fax860 570 5242

Leo Smith, Capital Venture Group
<barter[_at_]ntplx.net> Received on Fri Jul 17 1998 - 16:27:32 GMT